Known problems

Can't print A3 on a Mac: Use the KM driver instead of the Generic PS driver.

The old PIN codes (for copying and scanning without charge) do not work anymore: You need to login with u/s/e/f-number on the MFP, then you can print, copy or scan, only scanning is still free of charge.

Printing with Péage on a Linux machine

You need your RU-account (u/f/e/s-number and RU-password, not your Peage PIN code) to send a print job to the printer.Important: Choose the correct server and queue, see User groups.

Below a short description how to install the printer on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr).
This procedure might work for other recent Linux systems using the Gnome Desktop.
It may be necessary to first install the smbclient package using your package manager.

Step 1

If you are using a C&CZ managed Linux computer, the printer is already installed. Go to step 6.

Via System Settings visit Printers. Or start the tool system-config-printer tool from the commandline with the command: system-config-printer

As soon as you use the printer, a window will pop up showing the message Authentication is required to print ... and also asking for your credentials. It can happen that your print job gets paused requesting authentication. In that case open the print queue and right click on your print job. In the upcoming context menu select the authenticate option. It might be a good idea to keep the print queue applet open and to check for print jobs requesting authentication.

CUPS will store the information from step 3 into /etc/cups/printers.conf

There should be details of the printer, and also these lines:

AuthInfoRequired username,password

DeviceURI smb://_USER:/RU-Print03

The actual _USER and _PASSWORD can be set, and the AuthInfoRequired cal be set:

AuthInfoRequired none

After restarting cups ("service cups restart") printing should work. To make this the default add "export PRINTER=RU-RUPrint03" to ~/.bashrc and print with lpr, or using, e.g., okular or evince. The default setting is to print in grayscale. If you want to print in color, change the settings. With lpr, use -o SelectColor=Color.

Step 5

After a reboot, AuthInfoRequired in /etc/cups/printers.conf may be reset to "username,password". Also, you may not like a password in plain ASCII. This can be fixed by changing the backend: the "smb" in printer.conf refers to /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb, which usually is a link to /usr/bin/smbspool. Change /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb into a bash script:

#!/bin/bash

export AuthInfoRequired none

export DEVICE_URI="smb://_USER:/RU-Print03"

/usr/bin/smbspool "$@"

You can now use the actual RU-username and password, or create a script that has a more secure way of obtaining the password

Printing a job at the MFP

Step 1

Log in with your RU-account, now without the ru\ prefix, eg. u123456 and Péage PIN or RU-password on one of the Konica Minolta MFP's. At MFPs with a card reader, you can also first enter your Péage PIN and then swipe your campus card. For employees with multiple contracts this swiping can possibly be a problem.

Step 2

Choose Print, select the print job(s).

Pressing Details next to the print job will show you the costs of this print job.

Step 3

Press the blue button to print your document(s).

Step 4

Log out

Change PIN and report usage Péage

Step 1

Visit the site MyPeage. This site is only available on the campus network or using VPN.

Step 2

Log in with your RU-account, again without the ru\ prefix, eg. u123456 and RU-password or Péage PIN to the site.

Status and history budget

By logging in at the accounting server website with the user credentials as above, one can view the current balance of the budget. The budget history can be seen after clicking on 'Statement', one then gets something like this:

History of Project Péage

In June 2011 a (second) Proof of Concept project was successfully executed at several faculties including FNWI.

As of July 2011 a Péage multifunctional is available at the Faculty of Science in the Huygens building. The multifunctional printer is located near the vending machines in the cafetaria. As of February 13, 2012, students of the Faculty of Science can use Péage, including the Péage MFP in the Huygens building.

Half 2016, a test of Péage is carried out for students and staff. All KM MFP's are moved gradually from the C&CZ printsystem to Péage.

As of 2016-08-23 all publicly available Konica Minolta printers within the FNWI buildings have been migrated to Péage.

Today 2016-08-23, all remaining Konica Minolta printers have been migrated. The C&CZ printbudget system will remain in use for printer Escher and as cashing system for the poster printer kamerbreed. All other departmental printers will, in some weeks time, stop using the C&CZ printbudget system and switch to the Cups printing system.

The printing budgets of registered students have been transfered top Péage per 2016-08-24.